Recording autographic register



C. R. BUSCHMEYER. RECORDING AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 1917.

1,407,37 I Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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CLARENGE RICHABD BUSGHMEYER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARDREGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

RECORDING AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 21, 1922,

Application filed October 10. 1917. Serial No. 195,729.

T 0 all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. BUSCH- MEYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RecordingAutographic Registers, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accom- Eanying drawing, formingpart of this specication.

My invention relates to autographic registers which are adapted to feedduplicate strips of paper over a writing tablet and thence out over thetop thereof, and at the same time feed a record strip over the tabletand thence down around a record roll which stores up the record stripfor future reference inside of the machine.

In my machine, the pin wheel or sprocket type of feed is employed forthe feeding ofthe usual duplicate strips and the record strip passes inbetween the pin wheels, so as not to be engaged by the pins, and thenceto the record roll. The invention has special merit with this type offeed, but it should be understood that I do not limit myself in thisinvention to any particular type of feed in autographic registers.Moreover, although the method of feed to be described has been devisedby me with special reference to autographic registers, and is termed animprovement in recording autographic registers, I do not wish to limitmyself to the application of the central idea of the invention toautographic registers alone.

So far as the essential. features of the record roll and its method ofmounting and operation are concerned, there should be no reason why thedevice could not be used in any machine which winds 'a strip of paperorthe like over a roll. f

The objects of the invention are to provide a means of mounting andwinding up 7 mounting and operation. These are :tight windin evenwinding on a true line, accommodation of the roll itself to unevennessof the paper or the like wound, absence of necessity of africtionslippage in the roll operating parts due to the'fact that the roll andfeeding means automatically accommodate themselves to slow down thespeed of the roll as the roll becomes larger, and, as above stated, thesimple means of mounting and taking out the roll.

These objects and advantages I accomplish by that certain constructionand arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed outand claimed.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through an autographicregister illustrating the invention. 7

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the register with the tablet top removedso as to show the parts of the new improvement.

Figure 3 is a detail side elevation of the contractible roll.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the insert piece for the end of theroll.

The machine shown has a casing 1, in which are mounted the paper rolls,2, 3, 4, of which the roll 2 contalns the record strip. The strips ofpaper pass up over the idler rollers 5 at the one end of the machine,thence over the tablet 6 to the feeding devices, the record strip beingthe bottom one, and pieces of copy paper being set between the strips.

As stated, -the feed for the strips 3 and 4 comprise the pin wheels 7which will engage in suitable perforations in the paper. The

wheels, in the casing of the machine, are two rolls 9 and 10 whlch haveroughened surfaces. These rolls have pinions 11 and 12 which mesh eachwith an intermediate idler pinion 13, mounted between them. On the pinwheel shaft is set a pinion 14 which meshes with the pinion 12 and thusdrives both of the roughened rolls at the same speed. As will be shown,the roportionate size of the gears and rolls Wlll absolutely control thes eed with which the record strip will fee ,.which speed will not varydue to the increasing size of the roll on which the paper is wound.

Pivotally mounted at the far end of the machine at 15, is the yoke 16,which extends through the machine and serves to mount an idler roller 17at a position beneath and between the rollers 9 and 10. The yoke isspring-pulled to bring the roller upwardly toward the roughened rolls,by means of springs 18, 18, mounted on any desired fixed member such asthe casing 1 and connected to the yoke arms. The yoke is of-suchstructure and position that the roller 17 thereof will form a trianglewith the two roughened rolls.

In this triangle is set the record roll 19. lIhere is no other mountinneeded for the said roll exce t the mere a utment against the sides of te casing to hold it in operative position as the spring yoke pressingupwardly holds the roll firmly between the rollers 17, 9 and 10. Whilethe sizes of the rolls are shown as being somewhat less as to lengththan the record roll, it will be understood that this is merely aselected form and not essential. It is merely essential that the rolls 9and 10 should have the same diameter.

' With the record roll removed from its place, to insert it the operatormerely sets it between the'yoke roll and the roll 9and pushes it inplace, the yoke roller moving down to permit the record roll to slipinto place. In the device shown, the yoke roller is held so that it.doesnot spring up too far in between the rolls 9 and 10 because it willstrike against the pin wheel device hefore reaching such a-position.

The record roll 19 should be of some collapsible form so that thetightly wound" paper on it can be removed by means of slightlycollapsing the roll which would then form the core of the paper roll. Inthe structure shown (figures 3 and 4), the roll is made of wood and islongitudinally kerfed at 201 The slot orkerf 20 serves to receive theend of the paper strip so as to hold the paper to the roll when startingto wind, and can be pushed inwardly so as to slightly contractorrollapse the roll for removing the paper therefrom.

To hold the kerfed end distended during the operation of the roll, aplug 21 is provided having a pin 22 to seat in a socket in the roll anda flange ortongue portion 23 to seat in the slot or. kerf 20. The plugmust thus be removed when removing a winding of paper from the roll andmust be inserted before the roll is placed in the machine for operation.

The form of roll shown is merely for purposes of illustration, sincetherequisites are that the paper be secured to the roll without anyextension from the periphery thereof, and it is desirable that thecollapsible feature be present. I

As described, the paper film 2 is brought up over the tablet top andthence between the pin wheels and down to the record roll, where its endis inserted in the slot 20. The operation of the pin wheel device willthen cause the roughened rolls to revolve against the pressure of thespring on the yoke and these rolls will revolve the record roll. Thefilm or strip of paper is engaged by the roll 9 which draws it firmlydown against the recelving roll.=-- The receiving roll also revolves,but this motion does not determine the amount of paper wound on theroll, since this is determlned by the revolution of the rolls againstthe surface ofthe paper. In the use in autographic registers, theamount. of paper turned onto the record can be gaged without referenceto the feed of the delivered strips, and thereby a great deal of papersaved. The record strip 1s without printing usually, and the operationcan be adjusted to wind up four .on five inches for each six inches ofduplicate checks torn off, without any difliculty.

As the roll becomes larger, the yoke moves lower and the speed offeeding is always the same since it is controlled by the drawing of thepaper over the roll on the surface'thereof independent of its diameter.

Although both of the rolls 9 and 10 are positively operated, I do notwish to limit' myself to this feature, as one only would be suflicient.

The device is shown in the simplest form in the drawing herewith, but itshould not I be understood that the invention is limited to the exactform shown and described. 'It may be that in the various applications ofthe" principle of the invention, some particular means be provided toenforce an exact tracking of the paper. It has been found that if theproper friction is applied to the supply roll of paper, the feed ontothe record roll will be so accurate that the strip of paper will at notime run against the pin wheels. w i

If there is any catching of the paper ly mounted so as to be releasablepressed toward the pair of rollers, said pair of rollers and thirdroller so mounted as to form a pocket opening toward the delivery end of13 the register, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. 'In an autographic register or the like, the combination with meansfor feeding a plurality of strips of paper in alignment, and means forrewinding one of said strips, said means comprising a spindledisconnected from any other parts, and means for winding paper on saidspindle, comprising a fixed revolving element driven from the feedingmeans, and a freely revolving element forming a pocket with the fixedrevolving element for retaining the spindle, said freely revolvingelement being mounted so as to be resiliently pressed toward thebination with a duplicate strip feed of a paper receiving roll, a pairof rolls in contact with the paper receiving roll, and means forpositively operating said pair of rolls, a yoke mounted in said machineand having an idler roll, said yoke being spring-pressed toward the pairof rolls, to confine the paper receiving roll between its idler roll andsaid pair of rolls.

, CLARENCE RIICH BUSCHMEYER.

